Updated Thursday evening.....About 3 weeks ago I posted the winter forecasts from the Old Farmer's Almanac and the Farmers' Almanac.The Farmers' Almanac was going crazy for a wild winter here. To see that forecast......click HERE

The Old Farmer's Almanac had the Louisville in a colder than normal forecast and dry. Further details were released this week without the big fanfare that the Farmers' Almanac had.The OFA says most of the country will have below normal temperatures except for the upper midwest, portions of the Great Lakes and northern New England.They say the winter will bring bitter cold and heavy snow to much of the U.S. due to a low sunspot number and changing ocean currents.That's all the details that were released.Earlier the OFA did say Louisville would be colder than normal in December and February and normal in January. A dry winter is forecast, however, this does not mean less snow than usual.You can have a very cold month with total precipitation two thirds of normal and still have lots of snow.for example: Louisville averages 3.24" of precip. for January.Let's say it is a very cold month and we get 2.00" of precip. That is considered a dry month. If it is cold enough that 75% of the precip. falls as snow, that would be 15 inches of snow for the month which is a large amount. It could happen!